Skate



I the face of which is convex. of the runner 1, adjacent to the bottomiron Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

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GEORGE H. RICKE, F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SKATE.

Application filed February 14, 1921. Serial No. 445,028.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. RIoKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skates, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a skate, especially adapted forthe use of children, and to be used more particularly for skatings onhard snow, in slush, on sleet and soft ice, although itmay be used onsmooth hard ice.

It is very simple, cheap, and easy to use. Children cannot very welllearn to skate, or skate on regular ice skates, which are very high andhave a thin narrow runner and are very expensive; my skate is low andthe runner is wide and formed to keep the feet ,of the child inproperskating position and prevent it from falling or its ankles from bending.

Its various features and advantages will readily become apparent fromthe following specification.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification:

Fig. 1, is a side elevation of my new skate, partly broken away, I

Fig. 2, is a sectional view, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3, is a front view of the skate, and

Fig. 4:, is a perspective view of the runner bottom and braces, the sidepieces of the runner being omitted.

The skate comprises arunner 1, and a foot support 2; these may be madeof any suitable material, but are preferably made of wood, as shown. Therunner and top or foot piece are generally formed of separate pieces,but may be made integral, if desired.

At the bottom ofthe runner 1, I place a shoe iron or bottom metal runnerpart 3, At the bottom runner part 3, place at each side, the cutter edgeor support piece 4;; these cutter edges terminate in a species of knifeedge.

At the forward and back part of the skate, I provide bracket irons orbraces formed of two upright side arms 5, a bottom piece 6 and each sidearm being provided at the top with outwardly extending flanges 7, allpreferably made integral.

At the back of the skate foot piece 1, I

place a heel support 8 and attach thereto a strap 9, and I also provideat the forward part of the foot piece 1, a strap 10.

The parts are all held together and supported by these bracket supports.

The bottom iron runner piecev 3 is held in place and onto the bottomedge of the runner properby the screws 12 passing up through holes '13into the body of the runner 1; the two side knife edge pieces 4 areheldin position on runner 1, by a rivet or similar connection 14, passingthrough holes 15 in thearms of said bracket, and the runner 1 and topfoot piece 2, are held together by said brackets by bolt and nutconnection 16, passing through holes 17 in the flanges 7 of the bracket,the straps also being held by the connection 16. I

It will be seen that by this construction,

all the parts of the skate are held firmly together, and againststrains, which result from skating.

By the construction of a convex bottom runner part 3, and the tapered orinclined shape of the lower edges of the said cutters 4;, a groove likecontour is given to the bottom of the skate, preventing slipping andallowing the user to skate on hard or soft ice. sleet, hard snow or thelike. It will also be obvious, that the cutter parts 20, of the sidecutters 41, can readily besharpened by any one.

As before stated herein, this skate is adapted more especially for useby children, and is especially constructed as herein set forth for suchuse. i

It will be understood, that I may deviate somewhat from the specificconstruction herein shown, and I may connect the'parts together in anyway found desirable in practice provided such changes'are fairly withinthe scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new and mvinvention and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

In a skate, a strip, a foot piece supported on the strip, a fiat metalpiece at the bottom of the strip, cutting edge members at the lower partof the sides of the strip, and brackets secured to the foot piece,strip, and cutting edge members. i

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature at Cincinnati, Ohio, this12th day of February, 1921.

GEORGE, RIOKE.

